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Oliverio Pulido Rodríguez, also known as Paco Pulido (January 13, 1902 – February 28, 1968) was a Colombian sports manager and businessman. On June 18, 1946, the date of foundation of Millonarios, Paco Pulido was elected member of the board of directors and treasurer of Millonarios, being also one of the official founders of the club. Later in 1957 he was elected president of Millonarios, becoming the second to lead the club in its history. His name along with Alfonso Senior Quevedo, is associated with the El Dorado era of Colombian professional football for having brought argentine players of great renown to the country.​​​​

He led the delegation of Millonarios on its first tour, called the Blue Ballet Tour, during 1952 to other countries of South America: Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile; where they played a series of matches, with great success that later led him as a special guest to the founding golden jubilee of Real Madrid whom Millonarios defeated at the time at the Bernabeu 4 to 2, having been considered then as the best team in the world.​​

At that time the lineup standard for Millonarios was 2-3-5; the starting team was as follows: Julio Cozzi (goalkeeper), Raúl Pini and Francisco Zuluaga (defenders), Julio César Ramírez, Nestor Raúl Rossi and Ismael Soria (midfielders), Hugo Reyes, Adolfo Pedernera, Alfredo Di ́Stefano, Antonio Báez, Reinaldo Mourín (forwards).

In January of 1982, his son Rafael Pulido G., was appointed president of Millonarios until 1983.​

First years

In the decade of the 20's he traveled to Spain where he lived for 5 years, there he had the opportunity to know Spanish football and on his return he was the first Colombian who brought to the country the Peruvian team Ciclista Lima Association, the first foreign team that visited Colombia facing, in the soccer field of the San Bartolomé la Merced school in Bogotá, the Deportivo Municipal (later known as Club Deportivo Los Millonarios).​

As a merchant between 1940 and 1960, he was an importer and distributor of oils and lubricants for automobiles in the city of Bogotá.

Retirement and death

He retired from all sports and commercial activity in 1960 due to health problems, having died in 1968.

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